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Step by step guide to adding your server

1. Create your github.com account, and log in to github.com

2. Fork the repository

• Navigate to: https://github.com/acresources/serverslist
• Toward the top right of the page, click "Fork".

3. Edit Servers.xml

• Browse your fork
• Click the "Servers.xml" file to open it.
• The url should bring you to the following: https://github.com/[YourGithubAccountName]/serverslist/blob/master/Servers.xml
• Toward the top right of the file, click the "Pencil" icon to "Edit this file"

4. Add your server to the edit window.

• Using the documentation described here: https://github.com/acresources/serverslist, add your server to the list
• In the "Commit changes" section, be sure to select "Create a new branch for this commit..."
• Click the green "Propose file change" button.
• You do not need to "Create pull request" on the following page.

5. Open a pull request to submit your server

• Navigate to the main serverlist "Pull requests" page, here: https://github.com/acresources/serverslist/pulls
• Click the green "New pull request"
• Under "Compare changes", click the "compare across forks". link
• In the "head repository" drop down, select your fork.
• To the right of that, in the "compare" drop down, select the new branch you just created.
• Click the green "Create pull request" button.

6. Describe your pull request

• Give your pull request a descriptive title, like your servers name
• In the comments, describe your server a little bit.
• Click the green "Create pull request" button

7. Wait for your pull request to be approved

• Please allow some time for your pull request to be merged into master
• After your pull request is approved, server browsers will begin to see your server in their list.